That bill, which has been signed by Gov. Tim Walz, provides support for, among other things, small business emergency loans, licensed child care providers, Minnesota’s 11 tribal nations, emergency service grants, food banks and more.

Meanwhile, MRCI is working with community organizations to keep their staff working.

“All of the people we serve ended up going home, staying in their residential program. So we are working on contracts probably close to a dozen residential providers through our whole system to hire our staff or contract with us to have our staff work for them," Benshoof said.